Bracket



(NoModL) J. HUFF 82; E.-JOHNSON.

BRACKET.

No. 479,424. Patented July 26, 1892.

ifl s i I L aegfrs 0 MW m UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN I-IUFF AND ELLIS JOHNSON, OF LUSK, WYOMING.

BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,424, dated July 26,1892.

Application filed March 11, 1892. Serial No. 424,577. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN HUFF and EL- LIS JOHNSON, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Lusk, in the county of Converse and State ofWVyoming, have invented a new and useful Bracket, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in brackets.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive bracket which will be especially adapted for supportingspring-mattresses and the like between the side rails of a bedstead andwhich may be readily separated to facilitate packing and storing.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of abedstead provided with brackets constructed in accordance with thisinvention, one of the brackets being shown separated for shipping. Fig.2 is a detail perspective view of one of the bracketarms. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of one of the plates.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

1 designates a bracket comprising a plate 2, adapted to be secured to aside rail 3 of a bedstead and designed to be engaged by a removablebracket-arm 4, adapted for supporting a spring-mattress in position in abedstead. The plate 2 is secured to the side rail by screws, and isprovided at its upper edge with a flange 5, extending outward andarranged to rest upon the upper edge of the side rail, and the saidplate is provided with a longitudinal slot 6 and having lugs '7 arrangedon opposite sides of the slot. The lugs 7 are arranged in pairs, theupper ones having their upper and lower edges inclined, as shown, andthe lower ones having their upper edges inclined and their lower edgesconnected by an integral supporting web or flange. The bracket-arm iscomposed of a horizontal bar 8, a vertical bar or portion 9, and a brace10. The vertical portion of the bracket-arm is provided with a centralvertical flange 11 and lugs 12 and 13, formed integral with the flangeand the vertical portion. The upper lugs 13 have their lower edgesbeveled to conform to the inclination of the upper lugs7 of the plate,and the lower lugs12 have both their upper and lower edges beveled.WVhen the parts are assembled, the vertical flange fits in the slot ofthe plate and the lugs of the plate and the bracket-arm engage oneanother, thereby firmly securing the parts together. The slot isslightly longer than the flange to enable the bracket-arm to be movedlongitudinally of the plate to separate the parts and to bring the lugsinto engagement.

It will be seen that the bracket is simple and comparatively inexpensivein construction and that, while it is capable of universal application,it is especially designed for supporting spring-mattresses and the like.

In shipping bedsteads provided with brackets constructed in accordancewith this invention the bracket-arms may be removed and compactlysecured to the inner faces of the bed-rails, as illustrated in Fig. 1 ofthe accompanyin g drawings, and by means of brads or light nails, asshown.

The beveling of the lugs of the plate causes them to extend upward andthat of the lugs of the bracket-arm causes those lugs to extenddownward, so that the lugs will readily engage one another.

hat we claim is- A bracket comprising a flat plate provided at its upperedge with a horizontal supporting-flange 5 and having a longitudinalslot intermediate of its ends and provided with outwardly and upwardlyprojecting lugs arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the slot andhaving beveled edges, the lower lugs being connected at their bottomswith a supporting-web formed integral with them, and a detachablebracketarm having a central longitudinal flange to fit into the slot andprovided with integral downwardly-projecting lugs arranged in pairs onopposite sides of the flange and having beveled edges to conform tothelugs of the plate, substantially as described. I

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HUFF. ELLIS JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

A. P. BROWN, 0. J. PREEOE.

